SPLASH

Splash

Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, and Dody Goodman. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The original music score was composed by Lee Holdridge. It was the first film released by Disney's Touchstone Pictures.

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Splash!

The Splash! Festival is one of Europe's biggest hip hop and reggae festivals which used to take place at the Oberrabenstein reservoir near Chemnitz, Germany until 2006. Due to a financial crisis caused by heavy rain in 2005 and 2006, starting 2007 the festival is held on the Pouch peninsula in Bitterfeld, Saxony-Anhalt.

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splash

Noun

  1. The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
    I heard a splash when the rock landed in the pond.
  2. A small amount of liquid
    I felt a splash of rain so put up my hood.
    I felt a splash of water on my leg as the car drove into the nearby puddle.
  3. A small amount (of color)
    The painter put a splash of blue on the wall to make it more colorful
  4. A mark or stain made from a small amount a liquid
    There was a visible splash on his pants after he went to the bathroom.
  5. An impact or impression.
    The new movie made quite a splash upon its release.

Verb

  1. To hit or agitate liquid so that part of it separates from the principal liquid mass.
    sit and splash in the bathtub
  2. To disperse a fluid suddenly; to splatter.
    water splashed everywhere
  3. to hit or expel liquid at
    The children were splashing each other playfully in the sea.
    When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.
  4. To create an impact or impression; to print, post or publicize prominently.
    The headline was splashed across newspapers everywhere.
  5. To spend (money)
    After pay day I can afford to splash some cash and buy myself a motorbike.
  6. To launch a ship.


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